Lorenzen Wright Remembered

July 28, 2011 - Slain NBA star Lorenzen Wright's Aunt Pat Vassar (right) weeps as his brother Tomonique Marion 11, (left) looks on from behind a family portrait of Wright during a candlelight vigil at the FedExForum Thursday evening. Wright's badly decomposed body was found in a overgrown field in Southeast Memphis one year ago. His murder remains a mystery. (Mark Weber/The Commercial Appeal)

July 28, 2011 - Slain NBA star Lorenzen Wright's Aunt Pat Vassar (left) cries on the shoulder of his mother Deborah Marion (middle) as his grandmother Louise Vassar (right) holds back tears during a candlelight vigil at the FedExForum Thursday evening. Wright's badly decomposed body was found in a overgrown field in Southeast Memphis one year ago. His murder remains a mystery. (Mark Weber/The Commercial Appeal)

August 4, 2010 - Herb Wright wipes away tears as he mourns the death of son Lorenzen Wright (pictured at left), who was found murdered last week, during a Memorial Service at The FedEx Forum. (Mark Weber/The Commercial Appeal)

Wright's return to the court after the death of daughter Sierra was an emotional one on March 16, 2003.

August 4, 2010- (left to right) Lamar Wright, Sofia Wright, and Lawson Wright, grieve the death of their father, Lorenzen Wright, at a public memorial held at the FedExForum. Law enforcement officials found the body of the missing Memphis basketball star Wednesday, July 28, 2010 in a wooded area in southeast Memphis. Wright played two seasons at the University of Memphis 1994-1996 and went on to play 13 years in the NBA, including five with the Memphis Grizzlies. (Nikki Boertman/The Commercial Appeal)

Lorenzen Wright holds his three-year-old son, Lorenzen Wright Jr. while talking to campers at the 1998 Lorenzen Wright City of Memphis Basketball Camp.

August 4, 2010- (left to right) Deborah Marion guides her grandson Lorenzen Wright, Jr. in front of his father's casket at a public memorial held at the FedExForum. (Nikki Boertman/The Commercial Appeal)

A Twitter photo posted by misterwright42 two weeks ago with this message: We getting our hibachi on! Me and the gang waiting on loren to get her hair done!

August 4, 2010 - Sherra Robinson Wright mourns the death of her ex-husband Lorenzen Wright, who was found murdered last week, during a Memorial Service at The FedEx Forum. (Mark Weber/The Commercial Appeal)

Memphis Grizzlies' Lorenzen Wright speaks to a reporter following practice in 2002.

August 4, 2010 - Louise Vassar mourns the death of her grandson Lorenzen Wright (pictured right), who was found murdered last week, during a Memorial Service at The FedEx Forum. (Mark Weber/The Commercial Appeal)

Lorenzen Wright was a dominant player at Booker T. Washington High in Memphis.

Lorenzen Wright was all smiles the day he announced he would attend the University of Memphis.

Wright brought shot-blocking skills to the middle of the Tigers defense.

Lorenzen Wright blocks another one.

Wright as a freshman at Memphis

With Wright in the middle, the Tigers were usually strong.

At the University of Memphis, Wright's aggressiveness was always on display.

Lorenzen Wright was part of a Grizzlies group that made the playoffs three straight years, but he and other starters watched at the end of a third straight playoff sweep.

Wright goes to the basket hard against Dallas in the playoffs.

Lorenzen Wright knocks the ball from James Singleton of the Clippers.

Even when he wasn't on the floor, Wright provided vocal support for Grizzlies teammates.

At an open practice, Lorenzen Wright signs Michael McGee's basketball at FedExForum.

At his annual basketball camp, Wright was a constant source of encouragement.

Lorenzen Wright with baby daughter Sierra, who later died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Photo by E. Wess Bramlitt.

Wright goes to the floor to get a loose ball against Mehmet Okur and the Utah Jazz.

After five years with the Grizzlies, Lorenzen Wright returned with the Atlanta Hawks, still showing his hustle and aggressive play.

Even after being ejected for punching a Grizzlies player, Lorenzen Wright waved to the fans in FedExForum.

In this Sept. 29, 2008, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers' Lorenzen Wright poses at the NBA basketball team's media day in Independence, Ohio. Wright's body was found Wednesday in a wooded area of southeast Memphis.

Memphis Grizzlies center Lorenzen Wright and his wife Sherra Wright face the media about the death of their daughter Sierra during a press conference Monday afternoon at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church.

July 28, 2010 - Penny Hardaway, left, along with hundreds of bystanders gathered where Memphis Police locked down an area on Callis Cutoff Rd where the body of missing Memphis basketball star Lorenzen Wright was found Wednesday afternoon.

A bystander sit along a fence where Memphis Police lock down an area on Callis Cut Off Rd where the body Lorenzen Wright has been found Wednesday afternoon.

Hundreds of bystander have gathered where Memphis Police locked down an area on Callis Cut Off Rd where the body Lorenzen Wright has been found Wednesday afternoon.

Fans, friends, and on lookers gather with media as they get an update from Memphis Police spokeswoman Alyssa Macon-Moore, left, after they locked down an area on Callis Cut Off Rd where the body Lorenzen Wright has been found Wednesday afternoon.

Memphis Police lock down an area on Callis Cut Off Rd where the body Lorenzen Wright has been found Wednesday afternoon.

July 29, 2010 - Willie Mae Vassar, Lorenzen Wright's grandmother, stands near the scene on Callis Cutoff Road where Wright's body was found Wednesday. At right, Rhonda Harris embraces her husband Gary Harris, Wright's uncle, after Gary became emotional talking about the former basketball star.

July 29, 2010 - The mood was solemn inside New Era Barber Shop where Lorenzen Wright's longtime barber Antavio Brigance kept busy on Thursday. The shop was one of the last places Wright was seen before disappearing last week. Wright had his hair cut in the shop on Sunday, July 18, hours before his death. "He was laughing, cheerful and bubbly," Brigance said. (Mike Brown/The Commercial Appeal)

July 31, 2010 - A jogger takes an eerie early Saturday morning stroll in the same area where just days ago Lorenzen Wright's body was found only 180 yards off Callis Cutoff Road. Wright often used the road through the wooded area - known as Callis Cutoff - as a shortcut to his mother's nearby home.

July 31 - A bouquet of flowers is left as a memorial at the location where Lorenzen Wright's body found about 180 yards off Callis Cutoff Road early Saturday morning.

July 31, 2010 - A religious sign is left as a memorial at the fence line close to where Lorenzen Wright's body found about 180 yards off Callis Cutoff Road early Saturday morning.

July 31, 2010 - Kimberly Smith leads a crowd outside of Booker T. Washington High School in the school's chant during a candlelight vigil to honor the death of NBA basketball player, Lorenzen Wright Saturday evening. Wright graduated from Booker T. Washington in 1994.

August 4, 2010 - Family and friends mourn the death of Lorenzen Wright (pictured middle), who was found murdered last week, during a Memorial Service at The FedEx Forum. (Mark Weber/The Commercial Appeal)

August 4, 2010 - With her siblings Sofia Wright, middle, touches the casket of her late father Lorenzen Wright, who was found murdered last week, during a Memorial Service at The FedEx Forum. (Mark Weber/The Commercial Appeal)

August 4, 2010 - Family and friends mourn the death of Lorenzen Wright (pictured middle), who was found murdered last week, during a Memorial Service at The FedEx Forum. (Mark Weber/The Commercial Appeal)

August 4, 2010 - Camelle Logan (top screen) reads a family poem for Lorenzen Wright (pictured left and right), who was found murder last week, during a Memorial Service at The FedEx Forum. (Mark Weber/The Commercial Appeal)

August 4, 2010- (left to right) Herb Wright and Sherra Wright, at a public memorial held for Lorenzen Wright at the FedExForum. (Nikki Boertman/The Commercial Appeal)

August 4, 2010 - Deborah Marion (middle) is comforted as she walks by a picture of her Lorenzen Wright who was found murder last week, during a Memorial Service at The FedEx Forum. (Mark Weber/The Commercial Appeal)

Lorenzen Wright with daughter Loren in an undated family photo. (Courtesy Deborah Marion)

November 4, 2010 - At the final resting place of Lorenzen Wright, his aunt Pat Vassar (bottom right) kisses his grave as family members mourn his death while releasing 35 balloons on what would be his 35th birthday. Vassar whose celebrates her birthday one day after Wright's, often had joint birthday parties with her nephew. The former University of Memphis Tigers standout and NBA player was found dead July 28 in a field near Winchester and Hacks Cross in Southeast Memphis. His death was ruled a homicide by gunshot wound. The case remains unsolved. (Mark Weber/The Commercial Appeal)

July 12, 2011 - Memphis YOMCA U16's Lorenzen Wright Jr. (10) listens with his teammates to head coach and grandfather Herb Wright (bottom) during a timeout in their first game of the EYBL Finals at the NIKE Peach Jam in North Augusta, S.C. It has been nearly a year since the body of Herb Wright's son and Lorenzen Jr.'s father, former Memphis Tiger and NBA player Lorenzen Wright, was found in a field off Hacks Cross and Winchester roads in Southeast Memphis. The case remains unsolved. (Mark Weber/The Commercial Appeal)

July 9, 2011 - Stuffed animals lay near the site were murdered NBA star Lorenzen Wright's body was found nearly one year ago in an open field off Callis Cutoff Rd. "It's never going to be a cold case with Lorenzen Wright's name," his mother Deborah Marion said recently. "I'm not going to let them give up. I'll die in my grave first before I'll let them. Believe that." (Mark Weber/The Commercial Appeal)

July 12, 2011 - Lorenzen Wright Jr. (second from left) watches from the bench as the Memphis YOMCA U16's compete in their first game of the EYBL Finals at the NIKE Peach Jam in North Augusta, S.C. It has been nearly a year since the body of Lorenzen Jr.'s father, former Memphis Tiger and NBA player Lorenzen Wright, was found in a field off Hacks Cross and Winchester roads in Southeast Memphis. The case remains unsolved. (Mark Weber/The Commercial Appeal)